CHAPTER SEVEN
Two
weeks later…
It
was time for another visit to his son, but this time Luke was going alone. He
had a strange feeling that Laura was being followed and he had caught a man
wearing dark clothes trying to tail him, but Luke had caught him and had Sonny
take care of him. Helena was obviously on the prowl and she was getting
desperate. Maybe it wasn’t a good idea to goad her like he had two weeks ago.
Making sure that no one was following him, Luke jumped in his car and headed
for the estate that held his son. Lucky was going to have to know what was
going on.
When
Luke arrived he found Nikolas teaching Elizabeth how to play chess and Lucky
setting on the steps reading a book.
"Lord
of the Flies. Creative reading cowboy?" Luke arched a eyebrow.
Lucky’s
eyes widened with instant happiness at seeing his father. It’s been two whole
weeks and he missed his parents terribly. "Lulu and mom not with
you?"
"Not
this time Cowboy. Listen, we have to talk. There’s been some developments that
you need to know about. Have Nikky and Liz meet us in the dining room. This is
serious business."
Lucky
frowned, the sparkle in his eyes seemed to dim. "Mom and Lulu are ok
aren’t they?"
"Oh
of course. You know I wouldn’t let anything happen to them."
"Audrey?"
"She’s
fine. A little depressed, but fine."
"Dad,
about Audrey…Elizabeth’s really missing her. Is there any way…"
"We’ll
talk about that inside Lucky. Let’s just get the Prince and Cowgirl inside so
we can talk," Luke disappeared into the house, leaving Lucky to gather his
friends.
"Ok
dad. What is this about?" Lucky asked, taking a seat at the table.
"Helena’s
on the prowl. We’re going to have to be careful. You won’t be hearing from us
for a while."
"What
has she done?" Nikolas asked.
"I
caught one of her men following me. I had Sonny take care of him of course. She
also has people on your mother and probably on Audrey. I don’t know about that.
But I just wanted to let you know so you wouldn’t think we deserted you or
anything."
"When
will we be able to go home?" Elizabeth asked.
"I
don’t know darling, but believe me, you’ll be the first to know."
"Tell
mom that we’re thinking about her ok?" Nikolas said, not being able to
believe how far Helena was going to get what she wants.
"Don’t
worry Nikky. I intend to," Luke got up. "Well I better fly on out of
here. Keep your chin up. All three of you. We’ll get Helena."
"Bye
dad," Lucky hugged Luke tightly, knowing that he won’t be seeing him for a
while.
"Good-bye
Cowboy," Luke fought the tears rising up in his eyes. "I will be
seeing you again. Never doubt that."
"I
won’t."
"Elizabeth,"
Luke squeezed her hand. "Everything is going to be fine. Just keep the
faith."
"I’m
trying my best," Elizabeth forced a smile. As soon as Luke was gone,
Elizabeth burst into tears and ran up to her room. They were never going to be
free of Helena. Never! She might as well forget about seeing her family ever
again!
"Will
she be alright?" Nikolas asked.
"I
don’t’ know Nikolas. I don’t know," Lucky sighed, going upstairs to check
on her.
That
night at dinner, the table was silent. Lucky and Elizabeth was sullen and
Nikolas was once again feeling guilty. After all, it was his Grandmother who
was doing this to them. There must be something he could do to make things
better. Especially for Elizabeth.
"Liz…what
do you want? What would make you happy?" Nikolas finally asked. He was
sure that what she wanted he could give.
"To
talk to my grandmother," Elizabeth sighed. "of course that can’t
happen."
"Who
says it can’t? I still have my cell if you want to use it," Nikolas took
the phone out of his pocket.
"Is
that safe?" Elizabeth’s eyes widened, a tinge of hope seeping into her
mood.
"It
should be. These things are supposed to be confidential," Nikolas looked
at the phone and back at Liz. "So do you want to call her?"
Elizabeth
looked to Lucky for permission. It was his safety as well and she didn’t want
to do anything he thought would be dangerous.
Lucky
knew it could be dangerous. He knew what the repercussions could be. But he
couldn’t say no to Elizabeth. She had given up so much. Talking to Audrey for a
second couldn’t hurt. "Go ahead sweetie."
Taking
a deep breath and whispering a thank-you Elizabeth excepted Nikolas’s offer.
After three rings, Audrey answered.
"Hello."
For
a reason unknown to Elizabeth, she had lost her voice. She couldn’t speak, but
hearing Gram’s voice was pure heaven.
"Hello?
Who is this? Elizabeth? Is this you? Your parents called and said you weren’t
with them. There were never any plans for you to stay with them. What’s going
on? Where are you? Are you with Lucky?"
Elizabeth
quickly hung up, having enough. Audrey had sounded so worried and Elizabeth
regretted that they weren’t able to put Audrey’s worries to rest. "Thank
you Nikolas," She handed back the cell phone.
"No
problem. I’m happy to have been of some help," Nikolas smiled.
Meanwhile,
back in Port Charles Helena Cassadine received a phone call of her own.
"Mrs. Hardy got a phone call from a cell phone that was issued to my
Nikolas? Will were you able to lock down on a location? Splendid! Get my best
men and we’ll head out now. And I’ll be needing a stun gun. Tell Faison to get
two rooms ready. Mr. Spencer will have company this time about. I might as will
kill two birds with one stone as the Americans would put it."